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  • Publisher:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Publication date:
    28 February 2025
    30 September 2023
    ISBN:
    9781474458979
    9781474458955
    9781474458962
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    • Subjects:
    Film, Drama and Theatre: General Interest, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Series:
    International Film Stars
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    Subjects:
    Film, Drama and Theatre: General Interest, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Series:
    International Film Stars
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    This monograph examines the figure of Ricardo Darín, the leading actor that drives Argentine cinema's box office success. It aims to fill a lacuna both in Hispanic and Anglophone academia regarding the study of how Ricardo Darín's rise to stardom took place, and what that stardom means for the Latin American film industry. Accordingly, it examines whether or not Ricardo Darín embodies the epitome of the contemporary Latin American or Hispanic star, and, importantly, whether or not the characteristics of the Hollywood star system are actually applicable in the case of Argentine cinema - where the dividing lines between so-called 'industrial' and 'independent' cinemas are very difficult to discern. Thus, whilst taking the study of this key figure from contemporary Argentine cinema as its focal point, this study will also facilitate an opening up towards broader but equally vital questions that continue to require full examination: How are Argentine, Latin American and Hispanic stars constructed? Does the leading actor of contemporary Argentine cinema embody a wider social group and historical moment in the region? Is his performative approach redefining a particular cinematic style?

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